Alvarez: Cha-Cha process under way without Senate

23 of january 2018

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has declared that the House of Representatives is now in the process of amending the Constitution for the electorate's approval---even without the Senate's participation.
Alvarez made the announcement in a press briefing on Monday afternoon, hours after denying in a television interview that the chamber was rushing Charter change (Cha-cha) to pave the way for a federal-parliamentary system of government.
Responding to a reporter's question on whether "the House of Representatives is in the process of amending the Constitution," Alvarez said: "Correct."
"We have started already. Because, we're going to make a proposal to the people to revise the Cons...